چوکی

See also: جوگی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu چَوکی (caukī) / Hindi चौकी (caukī).

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? čawkī

Noun

Dari چوکی
Iranian Persian صندلی
Tajik сандалӣ

چوکی • (čawkî) (Dari)

  1. chair

Urdu

Etymology

From چَوک (cauk) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔː.kiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: چَو‧کی

Noun

چَوکی • (caukī) f (Hindi spelling चौकी)

  1. choky, stool, bench
  2. outpost
  3. (by extension) duty, responsibility of vigilance
  4. commode

Declension

Declension of چوکی
singular plural
direct چَوکی (caukī) چَوکِیاں (caukiyā̃)
oblique چَوکی (caukī) چَوکِیوں (caukiyō̃)
vocative چَوکی (caukī) چَوکِیو (caukiyō)

Descendants

  • → Dari: چَوکِی (čawkī)
  • → Mauritian Creole: chawki

Further reading

  • “چوکی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “چوکی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چوکی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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